Music Industry California

California came several years late to the nation's economic recovery party, but the state should be celebrating all through 1997. Here is what key industries will be up to: MUSIC: With sales flat and the retail sector struggling, major record corporations are likely to have difficulty meeting revenue growth projections.

California came several years late to the nation's economic recovery party, but the state should be celebrating all through 1997. Here is what key industries will be up to: MUSIC: With sales flat and the retail sector struggling, major record corporations are likely to have difficulty meeting revenue growth projections.

The furor over ticket brokers has reignited. Here's the issue: Why is it against the law for a "scalper" to sell $30 concert tickets foras much as $600 outside an arena, but legal for a "broker" to sell the same ticket for the same amount a block away? That's what the police department's Chief William Rathburn, commanding officer of operations, South Bureau LAPD, wants to know--and he's not the only one.

The furor over ticket brokers has reignited. Here's the issue: Why is it against the law for a "scalper" to sell $30 concert tickets foras much as $600 outside an arena, but legal for a "broker" to sell the same ticket for the same amount a block away? That's what the police department's Chief William Rathburn, commanding officer of operations, South Bureau LAPD, wants to know--and he's not the only one.